Traditional criticism on German post-war cinema tends to define rubble films as simplistic texts of low artistic quality which serve to reaffirm the spectator's image of him or herself as>>a good German<<during>>bad times<<. Yet this study asserts that some rubble films are actu…
Examines the so-called rubble films, usually seen as simplistic texts reaffirming "good Germans during bad times" views, finding in some of them visual and narrative romantic discourse which provokes critical discussion on German national identity in the wake of the Third Reich.
Examines the so-called rubble films, usually seen as simplistic texts reaffirming "good Germans during bad times" views, finding in some of them visual and narrative romantic discourse which provokes critical discussion on German national identity in the wake of the Third Reich.